The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-08-06

;cndt Record during his four years of ser
wee, saying that possibly 40 years
hence he might wish to look over the
pages and see what company he used TO
keep. Nermont's grand OLD man re-
Piled, Il will try and secure them; e
unsuccessful, 40 years hence come to me
and l VIII loan you mine.
A VALUABLE mare belonging to Hugh
White, OF Anrawan, H., fell into an
abandoned well last week and remained
Their io- hours whinnyinS piteously III
til her owners attention was attracted 20
the spot. Even then 10 ore knew how
to rescue the animal until a genius
from tie village proposed that the well
should be t.ooded from the pumps q: the
elevator. This was done and the n!are
came up with the food and when tie
well was full swain safely ashore.
A sNAILs pace need not be used any
longer as term more or less indefinite.
by an interesting experiment at the
Polytechnic it was ascertained exactly
and reduced TO figures which NAV now
be quoted by persons who favor the use
OF exact terms. A half dozen Of the
moilusks were permitted to crawl be-
tween two points ten feet apart and the
average pace was ascertained. From
,hls II was easy enough to calculate that
one snail can crawl a mile III Just four
teen days.
A BlDDEFoRD man has been troubled
OF late by small sCre appearing upOr
his forehead. He colld not explain It's
cause. but If kcp: inereas pg IN size and
soreness. He bathed IL with a healing
lotion and covered it with court plaster
and still II continued 70 nam him. To
dav he discovered the SCulce OF lie troyi-
hie. 1t was 4 slla.i green rag which
the ma,utac-urer Ur merchant Lad
placed Cpon The hand of TIE lat. 4
physician tod hin that the sore VAS tie
result Cf poisoning dae 20 the arse ic il
the green tag.
Mss ELvIRA DELANEY IS diving n a
New London hospital from tine effects
of bite Of a rat. Six weeks ago. while
IL Porto Rico, on her aunt's plantation.
she received the bite as she iav IL .
summer house. Nothing WAS thought
of the scratch. but before the big No
rancy reached New London with Miss
Delaney she was suffering from blood
and now there is little hope
OF her recovery. Il IS thought that the
rat had eaten poisoned food placed
lmonS the sugar canes for The purpcse
Of killing Kim and his kind.
lS an article Oh pile driving bv ma
,flne,y, Nh. Clements, q good author
fy OF the subject. states that some work
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by steam-hammer. some being in clus-
ers, and part standing alone. As matters
nave proved, those withstanding the lift
II the ice have invariably been the ones
ir1ven by the steam hammer.
CHINESE laborers will not work in the
,lg CANYON through which the Cascades
iiVlsloH cf the Northern Pacific road
uns. because several Cinnamon have
een killed there. They think it is in
ablted by devils with strong anti Chi
ese sentiments. Nine Cinnamon were
He'd there some time ago by falling
Tees. and Ten collins We're sent up. This
as looked upon as bad omen by the
'hmese. AID they We're very uneasy as
nag as ;he spare coffin lay around camp.
vas NOT ioag lntil rumpus occurred,
nj C!.lnaman was shot. The Chi
csc Thought t,at inns death had been
fouE'I' r"ouU IL order that the odd coli
n Nigh; ;'e filed, and they concluded
leave tie place, and cannot be IN.